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The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1993 federal election. Senators total 34 coalition (29 Liberal, four coalition National, one CLP), 30 Labor, two Green, two non-coalition National, seven Democrats, and one Independent. [1] Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 1993, except the territories who took their seats immediately.
Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held | Change | ||
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Labor | 4,643,871 | 43.50 | +5.09 | 17 | 30 | 2 | ||
Liberal–National joint ticket | 2,605,157 | 24.40 | –0.07 | 6 | N/A | N/A | ||
Liberal | 1,664,204 | 15.59 | +1.03 | 11 | 29 | |||
National | 290,382 | 2.72 | +0.12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
Country Liberal | 35,405 | 0.33 | +0.04 | 1 | 1 | |||
Liberal–National coalition | 4,595,148 | 43.05 | +1.13 | 19 | 36 | 2 | ||
Democrats | 566,944 | 5.31 | –7.32 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
Greens [lower-alpha 1] | 314,845 | 2.95 | +0.85 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Total | 10,674,805 | 40 | 76 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 279,453 | 2.55 | ||||||
Turnout | 10,954,258 | 96.22 | ||||||
Registered voters | 11,384,638 | |||||||
Source: Federal Elections 1993 |
Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
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1993 | 1 | Graham Richardson | Labor | |
2 | Michael Baume | Liberal | ||
3 | John Faulkner | Labor | ||
4 | John Tierney | Liberal | ||
5 | Kerry Sibraa | Labor | ||
6 | Sandy Macdonald | National | ||
1990 | 1 | Stephen Loosley | Labor | |
2 | Bronwyn Bishop | Liberal | ||
3 | Bruce Childs | Labor | ||
4 | David Brownhill | National | ||
5 | Vicki Bourne | Democrats | ||
6 | Suzanne West | Labor |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quota | 512,012 | ||||
Labor | 1. Graham Richardson (elected 1) 2. John Faulkner (elected 3) 3. Kerry Sibraa (elected 5) 4. Mary-Anne Armstrong | 1,681,528 | 46.9 | +6.2 | |
Coalition | 1. Michael Baume (Lib) (elected 2) 2. John Tierney (Lib) (elected 4) 3. Sandy Macdonald (Nat) (elected 6) 4. Marise Payne (Lib) | 1,394,111 | 38.9 | +0.6 | |
Democrats | 1. Karin Sowada 2. Ray Griffiths 3. Arthur Chesterfield-Evans | 176,324 | 4.9 | -6.9 | |
Greens | 1. Steve Brigham 2. Joy Wallace 3. Ian Cohen 4. Cecily Stead | 74,620 | 2.1 | +2.0 | |
Shooters | 1. Michael Ascher 2. Ted Orr 3. Jeff Wilkie 4. Suzanne O'Connell 5. Robyn Bourke | 63,691 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Call to Australia | 1. Bruce Coleman 2. Graham McLennan 3. Shirley Grigg 4. Glen Ryan | 53,445 | 1.5 | -0.6 | |
Green Alliance | 1. Jane Beckmann 2. Bernie Brian | 46,971 | 1.3 | -0.6 | |
Against Further Immigration | 1. David Kitson 2. Ian Watherlake | 23,941 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Group E | 1. Leonard Teale 2. Colin Ward | 14,883 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Grey Power | 1. Frances Roylance 2. Gay Grounds | 10,428 | 0.3 | -0.2 | |
Natural Law | 1. Doreen Kerr 2. Mike Smith 3. Ines Judd | 10,404 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Confederate Action | 1. John Uebergang 2. Doug Hawkins | 6,725 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Milorad Gajin | 5,208 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Republican | 1. Peter Consadine 2. Gennie Klein | 4,717 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Leone Hay 2. Robert Butler 3. Gloria Wood | 3,813 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |
Group J | 1. O Santa Claus 2. Lord Rolo | 3,648 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Group H | 1. Patricia Poulos 2. Peter Archer 3. John Holley | 2,127 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Group S | 1. Walter Bass 2. Paul Hales | 2,054 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Group M | 1. David Stevens 2. Yvonne Harrison | 1,384 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Group U | 1. Robert Schollbach 2. Karen Stirling | 1,133 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Group Q | 1. Rosemary Lavery 2. Robert John 3. Priscilla Lavery | 670 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Michael Anderson | 533 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Dianne Decker | 528 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Group T | 1. Michael Vescio 2. Pamela Wheatley | 386 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Argy Beletich | 317 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Malcolm Milton | 168 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Katherine De Bry | 150 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Ron Poulsen | 86 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Bryan Ellis | 86 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 3,584,079 | 97.3 | +1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 97,534 | 2.7 | -1.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,681,613 | 96.5 | +0.6 |
Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
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1993 | 1 | Gareth Evans | Labor | |
2 | Jim Short | Liberal | ||
3 | Kim Carr | Labor | ||
4 | Julian McGauran | National | ||
5 | Olive Zakharov | Labor | ||
6 | Judith Troeth | Liberal | ||
1990 | 1 | Richard Alston | Liberal | |
2 | Robert Ray | Labor | ||
3 | Kay Patterson | Liberal | ||
4 | Barney Cooney | Labor | ||
5 | Rod Kemp | Liberal | ||
6 | Sid Spindler | Democrats |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 392,370 | ||||
Labor | 1. Gareth Evans (elected 1) 2. Kim Carr (elected 3) 3. Olive Zakharov (elected 5) 4. David McKenzie | 1,235,344 | 45.0 | +8.6 | |
Coalition | 1. Jim Short (Lib) (elected 2) 2. Julian McGauran (Nat) (elected 4) 3. Judith Troeth (Lib) (elected 6) 4. Tsebin Tchen (Lib) 5. Ian Curtis (Lib) 6. Bill Wall (Lib) | 1,211,046 | 44.0 | -0.5 | |
Democrats | 1. Robert Wood 2. Maria Kayak 3. Marj White 4. John Pinniger 5. Diane Casbolt 6. Kathryn Stear | 109,223 | 4.0 | -10.1 | |
Democratic Labor | 1. John Mulholland 2. Michael Rowe 3. Pat Crea 4. Christine Dodd 5. Matthew Cody | 38,317 | 1.4 | +0.8 | |
Group B | 1. Janet Powell 2. Michael Hamel-Green 3. Anne O'Rourke 4. Laurie Levy | 33,710 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Greens | 1. Francesca Davidson 2. Loretta Asquini | 32,472 | 1.2 | +0.3 | |
Pensioner and CIR | 1. Neil McKay 2. Alistair McKay | 22,209 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Call to Australia | 1. Ken Cook 2. Murray Graham | 20,105 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Against Further Immigration | 1. Denis McCormack 2. Robyn Spencer | 18,926 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Natural Law | 1. Steve Griffith 2. Lorna Scurfield 3. Ngaire Mason | 12,347 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Republican | 1. Brian Buckley 2. Brendan Gidley | 4,760 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Frank Hardy | 3,523 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Toma Banjanin | 2,216 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Tim Petherbridge | 790 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Abdul Fazal | 565 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Gordon Moffatt | 365 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Group K | 1. Joe Toscano 2. Stephen Roper | 199 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Michael Good | 167 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Steve Florin | 90 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Ivan Pavlekovich-Smith | 64 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Noelene Isherwood | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Laurie Bell | 49 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Alex Rotaru | 45 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 2,746,584 | 96.9 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 86,634 | 3.1 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,833,218 | 96.6 | +0.4 |
Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
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1993 | 1 | Margaret Reynolds | Labor | |
2 | David MacGibbon | Liberal | ||
3 | Bill O'Chee | National | ||
4 | Mal Colston | Labor | ||
5 | Warwick Parer | Liberal | ||
6 | John Woodley | Democrats | ||
1990 | 1 | Gerry Jones | Labor | |
2 | Ian Macdonald | Liberal | ||
3 | Gerry Jones | Labor | ||
4 | John Herron | Liberal | ||
5 | Ron Boswell | National | ||
6 | Cheryl Kernot | Democrats |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 264,381 | ||||
Labor | 1. Margaret Reynolds (elected 1) 2. Mal Colston (elected 4) 3. John Bird 4. Ian McLean | 729,265 | 39.4 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | 1. David MacGibbon (elected 2) 2. Warwick Parer (elected 5) 3. Ross Cunningham 4. Ann Buchanan 5. Henry Bird 6. Owen Davies | 582,766 | 31.5 | +2.2 | |
National | 1. Bill O'Chee (elected 3) 2. De-Anne Kelly 3. Teresa Cobb | 268,809 | 14.5 | +0.9 | |
Democrats | 1. John Woodley (elected 6) 2. Jonathan Cornish 3. Gayle Woodrow 4. Tony Walters | 130,405 | 7.1 | -5.4 | |
Greens | 1. Drew Hutton 2. Colin Hunt 3. Naomi Spencer | 59,303 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Confederate Action | 1. Perry Jewell 2. Tony Pitt 3. Sandra Hill 4. Mark Geissmann 5. Ryland Gill 6. Richard Teague | 52,942 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Call to Australia | 1. Alan Sims 2. Rona Joyner | 11,546 | 0.6 | -0.5 | |
Indigenous Peoples | 1. Darby McCarthy 2. Una Branfield | 6,422 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Natural Law | 1. Geoff Wilson 2. Peter Jackson | 3,575 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Group E | 1. Barry Weedon 2. Margaret Crompton | 2,030 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Group H | 1. Ronald Alford 2. Sylvia Smith | 1,272 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Steve Dimitriou | 1,043 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | John Koehler | 538 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Julie Warner | 254 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Joe Sherlock | 236 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Barry Garvey | 150 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Christopher Beilby | 105 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 1,850,661 | 98.0 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 38,491 | 2.0 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,889,152 | 95.8 | +0.7 |
Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
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1993 | 1 | Sue Knowles | Liberal | |
2 | Peter Cook | Labor | ||
3 | Ian Campbell | Liberal | ||
4 | Chris Evans | Labor | ||
5 | Chris Ellison | Liberal | ||
6 | Dee Margetts | Greens | ||
1990 | 1 | Noel Crichton-Browne | Liberal | |
2 | Jim McKiernan | Labor | ||
3 | John Panizza | Liberal | ||
4 | Michael Beahan | Labor | ||
5 | Winston Crane | Liberal | ||
6 | Jo Vallentine | Greens |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 139,397 | ||||
Liberal | 1. Sue Knowles (elected 1) 2. Ian Campbell (elected 3) 3. Chris Ellison (elected 5) 4. Maurice Brockwell 5. Enzo Sirna 6. John McCausland | 472,131 | 48.3 | +5.0 | |
Labor | 1. Peter Cook (elected 2) 2. Chris Evans (elected 4) 3. Mark Bishop 4. Neil Roberts | 373,247 | 38.3 | +4.7 | |
Greens | 1. Dee Margetts (elected 6) 2. Chris Williams | 53,757 | 5.6 | -2.8 | |
Democrats | 1. Jean Jenkins 2. Helen Hodgson | 39,849 | 4.0 | -5.3 | |
National | 1. Michael Jardine 2. Paul Clune 3. David Lee | 17,075 | 1.7 | -1.2 | |
Call to Australia | 1. Don Rogers 2. Beryl Rogers | 11,568 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Natural Law | 1. Michael King 2. Philip Jackson 3. Jody Fitzhardinge 4. Peter Coppin | 3,569 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Republican | 1. David Langley 2. Rodney Stratton | 1,519 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Group J | 1. Frank Nesci 2. Paul Nesci | 953 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | 1. John Seale 2. Laurence Molloy | 876 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Rick Finney | 549 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Grey Power | Salli Vaughan | 245 | 0.0 | -1.0 | |
Independent | John Tucak | 226 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Confederate Action | Roland Richardson | 208 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 975,772 | 97.9 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 20,983 | 2.1 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 996,755 | 95.9 | +0.8 |
Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
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1993 | 1 | Amanda Vanstone | Liberal | |
2 | Nick Bolkus | Labor | ||
3 | Nick Minchin | Liberal | ||
4 | Dominic Foreman | Labor | ||
5 | Alan Ferguson | Liberal | ||
6 | Meg Lees | Democrats | ||
1990 | 1 | Robert Hill | Liberal | |
2 | Rosemary Crowley | Labor | ||
3 | John Coulter | Democrats | ||
4 | Baden Teague | Liberal | ||
5 | Chris Schacht | Labor | ||
6 | Grant Chapman | Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 135,140 | ||||
Liberal | 1. Amanda Vanstone (elected 1) 2. Nick Minchin (elected 3) 3. Alan Ferguson (elected 5) 4. Satish Gupta | 431,642 | 45.6 | +4.1 | |
Labor | 1. Nick Bolkus (elected 2) 2. Dominic Foreman (elected 4) 3. Graham Maguire 4. Rosalie McDonald | 359,491 | 38.0 | +0.9 | |
Democrats | 1. Meg Lees (elected 6) 2. Stephen Swift 3. Natasha Stott Despoja 4. Patricia Tickle | 93,325 | 9.8 | -6.5 | |
Greens | 1. Ally Fricker 2. Gerhard Weissmann | 15,467 | 1.6 | -0.5 | |
Call to Australia | 1. David Rodway 2. David Squirrell | 10,762 | 1.1 | -1.0 | |
Natural Law | 1. Geoff Wells 2. Anne Martin 3. Dulcie Morris | 6,936 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Grey Power | 1. Jack Holder 2. Betty Preston 3. Glen Bottam | 6,922 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Independent EFF | 1. David Dwyer 2. Douglas Giddings 3. Vanessa Giddings | 6,031 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
National | 1. Nola McCallum 2. Michael Bradshaw | 4,498 | 0.5 | +0.1 | |
Republican | 1. Bilal Nasrullah 2. Peter Hill | 4,191 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Against Further Immigration | 1. Evonne Moore 2. Joe Smith | 3,597 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Group F | 1. Alex Liew 2. Douglas Schirripa | 2,716 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Mark Rice | 313 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Ean Smith | 53 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Bernard Broom | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 945,975 | 97.7 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 22,390 | 2.3 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 968,365 | 95.5 | -0.9 |
Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
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1993 | 1 | Michael Tate | Labor | |
2 | Brian Archer | Liberal | ||
3 | John Coates | Labor | ||
4 | Brian Gibson | Liberal | ||
5 | Brian Harradine | Independent | ||
6 | Shayne Murphy | Labor | ||
1990 | 1 | Jocelyn Newman | Liberal | |
2 | Nick Sherry | Labor | ||
3 | John Watson | Liberal | ||
4 | John Devereux | Labor | ||
5 | Paul Calvert | Liberal | ||
6 | Robert Bell | Democrat |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 44,110 | ||||
Labor | 1. Michael Tate (elected 1) 2. John Coates (elected 3) 3. Shayne Murphy (elected 6) 4. Terry Aulich | 131,876 | 42.7 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | 1. Brian Archer (elected 2) 2. Brian Gibson (elected 4) 3. Eric Abetz | 113,347 | 36.7 | -7.4 | |
Independent | Brian Harradine (elected 5) | 32,202 | 10.4 | +10.4 | |
Greens | 1. Judy Henderson 2. Peter Jones 3. Marion Fry | 21,087 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
Democrats | 1. Patsy Harmsen 2. David Stephen | 5,162 | 1.6 | -5.7 | |
Tasmania First | 1. Alan Sproule 2. Frances McShane | 2,815 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Call to Australia | 1. Philip Hopson 2. Janelle Hopson | 1,512 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Natural Law | 1. Greg Broszczyk 2. Caroline Davies | 490 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Ian Jamieson | 265 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 308,763 | 97.4 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 8,121 | 2.6 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 316,884 | 96.6 | -0.3 |
Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
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1993 | 1 | Bob McMullan | Labor | |
2 | Margaret Reid | Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 61,276 | ||||
Labor | 1. Bob McMullan (elected 1) 2. Maureen Sheehan | 89,380 | 48.6 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | 1. Margaret Reid (elected 2) 2. Lucinda Spier | 64,318 | 35.0 | -1.0 | |
Democrats | 1. Domenic Mico 2. Peter Main | 12,656 | 6.9 | -0.7 | |
Greens | 1. Kerrie Tucker 2. David Turbayne | 11,168 | 6.0 | +2.7 | |
Independent | Bernard Collaery | 3,470 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Abolish Self-Govt | 1. Helen Miller 2. Ute Ernst | 1,708 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Natural Law | 1. David Seaton 2. Nanette Kerrison | 733 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Arthur Burns | 393 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 183,826 | 98.4 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 2,988 | 1.6 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 186,814 | 97.1 | +0.9 |
Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
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1993 | 1 | Bob Collins | Labor | |
2 | Grant Tambling | CLP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 26,382 | ||||
Labor | 1. Bob Collins (elected 1) 2. Patty Ring | 43,740 | 55.3 | +1.0 | |
Country Liberal | 1. Grant Tambling (elected 2) 2. Bob Truman | 35,405 | 44.7 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 79,145 | 97.2 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 2,312 | 2.8 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 81,457 | 89.0 | -0.5 |
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